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  1. Re:I heard from a teacher in NC on Students Hack School-Issued iPads Within One Week · · Score: 1

    I'm sure people once thought students who only learned to type on PCs would be at a disadvantage compared to those who learned to type on a typewriter.

    Maybe... but maybe not.

  2. Re:Please ruin it like you did Star Trek on An Animated, Open Letter To J.J. Abrams About Star Wars · · Score: 1

    the head admiral is building a ship 3x the size of anything they have with next to no crew needed, and Scotty can fly to the shipyard from earth in a couple hours, and get in a construction patrol with no big problem.... but it's super secret?

    Even in the future we have security through obscurity!

    BTW Khan put his own men in the missiles, he was trying to smuggle them.

  3. Re:New definition of "Accessibility" on The Windows Flaw That Cracks Amazon Web Services · · Score: 1

    You need Administrator access to replace magnify.exe. If you have Administrator access, you don't need to replace magnify.exe, you already can do anything you want directly. "It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway."

  4. Re:25% improvement in space ... on Seagate's Shingled Magnetic Recording Tech Boosts HDD Capacities to 5TB and Up · · Score: 5, Informative

    Only write speed, it sounds like. So storing one-write/many-read files might be a good use case; such as videos, photos, music, etc...

  5. Re:Amazon, others doing it too on Apple Sued For Dividing Final Season of Breaking Bad Into Two On iTunes · · Score: 2

    AFAIK it costs next to nothing to distribute digital episodes, so a huge markdown isn't too suspicious. Steam regularly puts games on sale for 75-80% off.

  6. Re:Brilliant? on Snowden Spoofed Top Officials' Identity To Mine NSA Secrets · · Score: 2

    Hey guys I found this command called su which serves the sole purpose of allowing you to impersonate other users!!!!

  7. Re:Huh? What? on The Greatest Keyboard Shortcut Ever · · Score: 1

    I assumed it was making fun of people who didn't already know this?

    Chrome puts closed tabs in the main menu so anyone who doesn't know the shortcut can find them easily, as well. I dunno what other browsers do but there's certainly an add-on for Firefox that can do it somewhere.

  8. Re:No Thanks on New, Canon-Faithful Star Trek Series Is In Pre-Production · · Score: 1

    Well I wouldn't put it like that, but this is just a single short sequence, even with ST veteran actors, with some spliced CGI to make a trailer. I'm going to go into "wait and see" mode.

    It doesn't help that whenever I hear Koenig's voice all I can think of are nuclear wessels (sorry). His voice and accent are just TOO iconic!

  9. Re:An eskimo would have the same problem on Why Computers Still Don't Understand People · · Score: 0

    The Eskimo would still be able to answer the question ("I don't know.").

  10. Re:Excellent on IAB Urges People To Stop "Mozilla From Hijacking the Internet" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You can probably still disable JavaScript through about:config. But for Joe Average that option is unlikely to be something he WANTS to change, and if he changes it by accident everything will be broken and he won't know why. It'll look like Firefox is a bad browser to him.

  11. Llama or Tasker on Londoners Tracked By Advertising Firm's Trash Cans · · Score: 4, Informative

    Former is free and can do what you need, latter costs a few bucks but is apparently far more versatile.

    This is for Android, of course.

  12. Re:Seems silly.. on Chrome's Insane Password Security Strategy · · Score: 1

    Anyone can secure a workstation. It's easy, there's really no excuse. Press Win+L. Really. Do it now if you haven't done it before and prepare to be amazed at technology.

  13. Re:..okay? And? on Chrome's Insane Password Security Strategy · · Score: 1

    Actually, the passwords ARE encrypted with another master password, so you already have your best-security scenario. You just never have to enter it (at least on Windows) because Windows uses your session logon information to decrypt the passwords. Not logged on? Your passwords are secured. Yay!

  14. Re:Moronic. on Chrome's Insane Password Security Strategy · · Score: 2

    I believe Chrome uses OS passwords stores on Mac and Linux which both support a master password. Not 100% sure. The Windows mechanism used uses your Windows login information so no master password is needed, it's very convenient and just as secure (unless you leave your computer logged on... but then all the files you encrypted in the exact same way with Microsoft's file encryption will be readable as well).

  15. Re:Firefox has done this for years on Chrome's Insane Password Security Strategy · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't think people realize that

    1. The passwords are encrypted on disk.
    2. The key for the encryption )on Windows at least) is the user's account... so Chrome can transparently decrypt them as long as you're logged in, for user convenience, though in this case it gives the appearance of not being encrypted.
    3. Chrome MUST be able to store the passwords in a decryptable form so it can USE them, like you asked it to!
  16. Re:This is also the case on Firefox on Chrome's Insane Password Security Strategy · · Score: 1

    You are aware Chrome's password stores are encrypted, right? This is a non-issue. You need the user's Windows account credentials to decrypt the passwords.

  17. Re:You really can't figure that out? on First California AMBER Alert Shows AT&T's Emergency Alerts Are a Mess · · Score: 1

    You're lucky you only get amber alerts. My Android phone does that with flood alerts, complete with loud, annoying noise. And I often get 5 messages in a row 15 minutes apart about the same thing.

    While I am thankful you care enough about my well-being to warn me, phone, I am already indoors and the flood watch ends long before I get out of work anyway, so you can stfu.

  18. Re:Next up on New Android App Encourages Users To Throw Device As High As Possible · · Score: 4, Funny

    You don't even need an accelerometer for that. Just have the app send heartbeats to a server, and when the server stops receiving them, it knows you've won!

  19. Re:I hope there's an easy social integration disab on Firefox 23 Arrives With New Logo, Mixed Content Blocker, and Network Monitor · · Score: 5, Informative

    If Facebook is blocked then users will be unable to use any Facebook integration features in Firefox... I don't see a problem here?

  20. Re:Firefox on TOR Wants You To Stop Using Windows, Disable JavaScript · · Score: 4, Informative

    Firefox allows it, as does every major browser. But it is not the default, because it is incredibly inconvenient considering how many websites rely on it. There are tools to make it easier for Firefox and Chrome but it is still a bit of a bother.

  21. Re:Belong in the browser, maybe? on YouTube Adds Play Icon To Page Titles To Show Which Tabs Are Making Noise · · Score: 1

    Chrome had a feature to do this briefly in Dev, now that you mention it I haven't seen it in a while. The tab icon is supposed to have faked volume bars animating over it.

  22. Re:Simple fix: strip iframes on New JavaScript-Based Timing Attack Steals All Browser Source Data · · Score: 1

    I think you underestimate just how many sites rely on frames. Gmail uses them for some functionality for one, though I dunno how critical it is.

  23. Re:Why can't Iphone / ipad have usb port for charg on iPhone Hacked In Under 60 Seconds Using Malicious Charger · · Score: 5, Informative

    That wouldn't solve the problem? USB chargers on Android can install apps and transfer files either way if the device has USB debugging enabled. If iPhones used USB the data protocols wouldn't be changed and would have the same capabilities...

  24. What people feel about the ads is not relevant on Fearful of Reader Reaction, Facebook Delays Video Ads · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As long as they keep using Facebook it doesn't matter how much they hate the ads or how loudly they complain.

  25. Not exactly a step further. on Full-Size Remote Control Cars · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Having a human to control the car makes it relatively EASY compared to autonomous. Whether there is a human in the autonomous car or not makes no difference. Of course it's still a technically challenging undertaking... drivers rely on being able to look behind them to check blind spots etc but a well designed remote would be able to give the driver all the info and control he'd need. Then it's just a matter of latency and control design.